Springbrook is a town and a Queensland national park in the Gold Coast Hinterland region in the southeast of Queensland. It is best known for its glow worm cave, natural bridge and waterfalls.
The national park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.
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Springbrook is 40 km from the Gold Coast and can be accessed via State Route 99 (Gold Coast-Springbrook Road) up southwest. The road does get very narrow at points, and as an alternative, the Pine Creek Road from Lamington National Park has fewer bends, but takes much more longer.
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- Mount Cougal. The Mount Cougal area of the park is approximately 20 km (12 mi) inland from Currumbin. It started in 1938 with an area of 142 hectares that was protected and over time it has grown to 811 hectares. In 1990 the area was merged with Springbrook National Park. The area is named for Mount Cougal, which is located within the park, just on the Queensland side of the New South Wales border. The mountain has two peaks, called the East and West Peaks, and rises to 694 m above sea level. 2022-03-24
- Natural Bridge, -28.2°, 153.216667°. The Natural Bridge is a naturally formed rock arch over Cave Creek, a tributary of the Nerang River. It was formed by a waterfall that breached a cave and then left a rock arch. 2022-03-24
- Springbrook Research Observatory, 2337 Springbrook Rd, -28.191082°, 153.265308°, +61 400 789 451. 2022-03-24
- Purling Brook Falls (Purlingbrook Falls), Forestry Rd, -28.189822°, 153.270906°. A horsetail waterfall perched on the edge of the national park which is also one of the most visited waterfalls in the park. 2022-03-24
- Twin Falls. 2022-03-24
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Go next
- Lamington National Park is a national park resembling a similar landscape and it too is a world heritage park as part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.